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    Guard your Hearts, minds, and bodies!

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    , 3 Weeks Ago at 08:43 AM
    (Luke 18:9-14):

    Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt (v.9 ESV).

    I recently witnessed an encounter where someone entirely dismissed and degraded another person. “Leave now,” the instigator said, “you’re not wanted here.” I took great offense for the person who received such cruel treatment. But I also felt profound sadness for the individual who spewed such mean-spirited words. I know ...

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    Let us all Pray!

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    , June 8th, 2017 at 12:42 PM
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    "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray this cushy life to keep; I pray for toys that look like mice, and sofa cushions, soft and nice.

    I pray for gourmet kitty snacks, and someone nice to scratch my back; For windowsills all warm and bright, for shadows to explore the night.

    I pray I'll always stay real cool, and keep the secret feline rule; to NEVER tell a human that, the world is really ruled by cats."

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    "You are a good writer"; Or, "I felt the touch of God!" ?

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    , June 2nd, 2017 at 04:35 PM
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    The beautiful thing about learning to be a writer, is that it not only expresses who you are, but even as a Christian; it does it in a way that leaves beautiful color in the midst of those who get to know Him through you. It is an indelible beauty unmasked and laid to bare of the hope to which He has called you. It is a way for God to help those who need to take down the old pictures they have in their life, and replace them with new pictures as you paint them a Rembrandt of Spiritual truths and
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    FEAR Him? NO WAY!..wait, or MAYBE, Wait YES?!! Something seems to want me to say YES.

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    , June 2nd, 2017 at 02:28 PM
    So how does fear of God, who is perfect love, take away fear?
    William D. Eisenhower puts it this way in his article 'Fearing God" in Christianity Today:

    Unfortunately, many of us presume that the world is the ultimate threat and that God's function is to offset it. How different this is from the biblical position that God is far scarier than the world …. When we assume that the world is the ultimate threat, we give it unwarranted power, for in truth, the world's ...
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    Should we Christians look forward to, or fear death? Seek first Jesus!

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    , May 14th, 2017 at 10:54 AM
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    What God wants is the sacrifice through death which enables us to do what Jesus did, that is, sacrifice our lives. Not— “Lord, I am ready to go with You . . . to death” (Luke 22:33). But— “I am willing to be identified with Your death so that I may sacrifice my life to God.”


    1 Corinthians 15: 55-57;

    Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God! He gives
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